Nature & geography・Shonan

Low Terrace

A geomorphology term for the lower (more recently formed) of multiple terraced levels along a river valley. Samukawa Shrine Ruins sits on just such a low terrace, at about 10 meters elevation on the southwestern edge of the Sagamino Plateau.

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